What's Good For Lunch!

I always ask my patients what they've had for breakfast and lunch.  I'm amazing at how boring lunch has become for some of them - it's no wonder they go for the Manhattan 'roach coaches' for their daily fare and indulge in greasy fast food.  O.K., folks...bring your lunch to work.  Home made lunches are delicious, nutritious and cheap eats!  Here's an example of what I bring to lunch during my work day...

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Make a visit to Fairway or Whole Foods.  Purchase a rotisserie chicken (at $8 already cooked, you can't make one yourself for cheaper), mixed salad greens, boil and skin some red or golden beats and cube them up, Tsaziki sauce (low fat, low cal and delicious greek yoghurt sauce), tabouleh, cherry tomatoes, avocados, a can of chick peas, alfalfa sprouts, and olives.  combine all or various combinations of the above ingredients and take a tupperware to work with you.  Add a flat bread or pita to go with your lunch and don't forget a lovely blood orange or some other fruit for  a late afternoon snack.  This is a delicious and nutritious lunch that is much more interesting, tasty and healthier for you than that junk you're buying on the street.  Add some pizazz a few days per week and throw some trail mix over the salad, or instead of chicken, try feta cheese and chick peas as your protein source.  With ingredients like these, you have no excuses to make lunch an event to look forward to!  If imagination and planning don't come easy to you, schedule an appointment today and I will design a week-by-week food plan for you that will encompass most of your favorite foods!